![]() Artist's rendering of the class
| |
Class overview | |
---|---|
Name | Tamandaré class |
Builders | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí |
Operators | Future operators ![]() |
Preceded by | |
Cost | €500 million per boat[1] |
Built | 2022-present |
In service | 2026[1] |
Planned | 4 |
Building | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided-missile frigate |
Displacement | 3,500 t (3,400 long tons; 3,900 short tons) |
Length | 107.2 m (351 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | CODAD |
Speed | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) maximum speed |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB |
Complement | 136 |
Sensors and processing systems |
|
Armament |
|
Aircraft carried |
|
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one medium-lift helicopter |
Notes | Sources:[2][3][4][5][6] |
The Tamandaré class are a class of future stealth guided-missile frigates for the Brazilian Navy, based on the MEKO family of ships. The project is being developed by the Ministry of Defence and the Águas Azuis consortium, composed of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Embraer Defense & Security. The construction of the four planned frigates started in 2022 and are scheduled to be delivered between 2024 and 2028.[1][7]
Program history
[edit]The program was created in 2017 with the main purpose of replacing the Niterói-class frigates in operation since 1975 and the Type 22s acquired second-hand from the UK in the 1990s.[8][9]
Several companies from seventeen countries entered in the competition opened by the Ministry of Defence, offering different types of projects and offset packages.[10] On 16 May 2017, the list of all participating companies was released.[10]
On 15 October 2018, after more than a year of studies by the Directorate of Program Management of the Navy (DGePM) and the Naval Projects Management Company (EMGEPRON), the short-list of the finalist projects was released, the selected projects were:[11]
Consortium | Builder | Parent Design |
---|---|---|
![]() |
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems | Gawron-class corvette |
![]() |
Damen Schelde | Sigma 10514 corvette |
![]() |
Naval Group | Gowind 2500 corvette |
![]() |
Fincantieri | MB indigenous corvette project |
On 28 March 2019, the winning project was presented, the Águas Azuis consortium led by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with a project of the 3,500-ton MEKO A-100-class corvette.[12] In April of the same year, the class was reassigned from corvette to frigate.[13]
The contract of €2 billion,[1] was signed between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium on 6 March 2020.[14] The Brazilian Navy plans to order two more class frigates, extending the total to six boats.[15]
In January 2021, ThyssenKrupp confirmed the acquisition of the Oceana shipyard in Itajaí, becoming the company's first shipyard in Latin America, with the objective of building the new Brazilian frigates, and future sales to other navies in the region.[16]
The construction of the lead ship, Tamandaré (F200) started on 5 September 2022,[17] with the second boat, Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201), on 1 November 2023.[18] Tamandaré, is planned to be launched on August 2024.[19]
Characteristics
[edit]The class was designed as multi-mission frigates, able to fulfill the anti-aircraft warfare role with surface-to-air missiles, anti-surface warfare with the Brazilian MANSUP missiles, and anti-submarine warfare.
The combat management system (CMS) and the integrated platform management system (IPMS), designed by Atech, a subsidiary of Embraer, are a version derived from the Atlas ANCS and L3 Mapps, exclusively designed to meet the Brazilian requirements.[4]
The class will be the first globaly equipped with the Sea Snake, a new close-in weapon system of the German defense company Rheinmetall, armed with the KCE30 30 mm revolver cannon, with ABM (air burst ammunition) capability.[20][21][22]
The MAGE Defensor suite responsible for the electronic warfare support measures (ESM), electronic countermeasure (ECM) and the electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) systems of the class, was developed by the Brazilian company Omnisys.[23]
Several of the technologies used in the design, construction and the systems of the class, are the result of technology transfer agreements signed between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium.[24]
Ships of the class
[edit]The ships are named after key people in the history of the Imperial Brazilian Navy.[9] Italics indicate estimated date.
Pennant Number | Name | Namesake | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F200 | Tamandaré | Joaquim Marques Lisboa | 24 March 2023[25] | August 2024[19] | 2026 | Under construction; first steel cut 5 September 2022[17] |
F201 | Jerônimo de Albuquerque | Jerônimo de Albuquerque [pt] | 6 June 2024[26] | Late 2025[27] | 2027 | Under construction; first steel cut 1 November 2023[18] |
F202 | Cunha Moreira | Luís da Cunha Moreira [pt] | 2028 | Awarded[1] | ||
F203 | Mariz e Barros | Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros | 2029 | Awarded[1] |
See also
[edit]- Formidable-class frigate (Singapore)
- Daegu-class frigate (South Korea)
- Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate (Russia)
- Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate (Norway)
- Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (France)
- Type 31 frigates (United Kingdom)
- Riachuelo-class submarines
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Marinha compra quatro fragatas por R$ 9,1 bilhões". UOL (in Portuguese). 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Projeto Classe Tamandaré: Marinha do Brasil seleciona a melhor oferta". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Batimento de quilha da Fragata 'Tamandaré' será em março de 2023". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b "Classe Tamandaré - Marinha do Brasil encerra a primeira etapa do projeto de obtenção". Defesa Net (in Portuguese). 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Marinha do Brasil divulga short-list do Projeto classe Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Projeto Classe Tamandaré Marinha do Brasil seleciona a melhor oferta". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese). 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Corvetas classe Tamandaré serão redesignadas como Fragatas". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Marinha realiza Cerimônia de Assinatura do Contrato de Construção das Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 5 March 2020.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVO: Marinha já planeja a quinta Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Estaleiro responsável por construir as fragatas Classe Tamandaré agora é thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucará Defensa (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b Storto, Margarete (1 November 2023). "Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré: primeiro corte de aço marca início da construção da segunda fragata". TKMS (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ a b "La primer fragata Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil será botada durante el próximo mes de agosto". Zona Militar (in Spanish). 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Rheinmetall: SeaSnake close to production". European Defence Review. 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Compra de munição para o canhão de 30 mm SeaSnake da fragata Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Sea Snake 30 brochure" (PDF). Rheinmetall. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024.
- ^ "MAGE Defensor brochure" (PDF). Omnisys (in Portuguese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2024.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Press release" (PDF). mar.mil.br (in Portuguese). 24 March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024.
- ^ Storto, Margarete (6 June 2024). "Batimento de Quilha do segundo navio marca avanço no Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". thyssenkrupp (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré: Comitiva da Escola Superior de Guerra visita o estaleiro tkEBS" (in Portuguese). EMGEPRON. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.